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From: jan@cyberzone.net (Jan Aldrich)
Date: Tue, 24 Dec 1996 13:56:29 -0800
Fwd Date: Wed, 25 Dec 1996 09:58:58 -0500
Subject: Project 1947 - Re: 5602d AISS UFOB LOG

Sorry about this posting.  It had more than the usual amount of proof
reading errors and was incomplete.  Thought it was in saved file to work
on later, but I put it in the outbox by mistake.  Here is the corrected
copy.

A locally mimeographed form used by the 4602d Air Intelligence Service
Squadron (AISS) to summarize their UFO investigations is posted below.
Note this report is Captain Ryan's American Airlines sighting.

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                    4602D AISS UFOB LOG

 REPORT NUMBER      DATE/TIME OF SIGHTING       RECD AISOP

 AISS-UFOB-97-56     09/0315Z Apr 56            10 Apr 56

 LOCATION OF SIGHTING                           LOGGED BY

  A/V between Schenectady and Oswego, New York    S/SGT DeRudder

 MEANS RECD         ACTION TAKEN

  TT Msg             No Investigation authorized

 INVES UNIT         DATE INVES ASSIGNED      ASSIGNING OFFICER

  N/A               N/A                       N/A

 DATE IR RECD HQ    DATE IR APPROVED         DATE IR TO ATIC

  N/A               N/A                       N/A

 DATE FORM 5

  10 Apr 56

 COMMENTS

  Due to later sightings and the description of this sighting is [sic] is
  the opinion of this headquarters that this sighting was probably
  generated by the planet Venus.

 CONCLUSIONS

  PROBABLY ASTRONOMICAL

 AISOP FORM 7 (2 APR 55)

             *             *              *               *
AISOP FORM 5:  There appear to be no samples of this form in the 4602d
 AISS files.
 AISOP is the office system for 4602d AISS section dealing with ufos.
 A/V = Air/Visual sighting.
 TT = Teletype
 IR = Intelligence Report.  So no intelligence report on this sighting
was
 sent to ATIC by the 4602d AISS, and no investigation was made.  The
 evaluation was made from the teletype message sent by the 655th Aircraft
 Control and Warning Squadron  at Watertown.  No mention is made of
 interceptor aircraft flying along side of CPT Ryan's airline.  Another
 report about the same time reported that a control tower operator at
Rome,
 NY saw an object.  An interceptor was scrambled with negative results
 and "No joy" (ie no radar return).  This and several other reports were
 put down to Venus with no further investigation and no IRs to ATIC.

 There were a series of sightings that week from the ground and from the
 air.  Some can be explained as Venus.  So therefore, the 4602d AISS
 concluded that all could be so explained, and no investigation was
 necessary.  The teletype messages have more mistakes than one of my
 postings so they are somewhat difficult to follow.   Apparently the
 interceptor mission was "Jumping Jack Able One." who thought he saw
 Venus.  Now here is where some research is needed.  Unit histories for
 units in the area should be consulted and the mission reports and logs
 for the Air Force units around the area could yeild results that the
 4602d AISS did not deem worthy of investigation.  The other reports from
 the area reinforced the 4602d AISS' conclusion that Ryan had seen Venus.

 Jacques Vallee and others have commented on the usefulness of the Air
 Force TT messages.  While they give information in a format so details
 can be recalled, it is sometimes difficult to determine the order in
 which events took place.

 NOTE:  When no investigation is authorized, the Air Force sighting
report
 is not even sent out to the witness(es) for completion.  About this time
 a special form for aircraft sightings was developed.  It is unfortunate
 it was not used in this case.

 Apparently related reports:

   AISS-UFOB-96-56, Albany, NY, no investigation authorized, conclusion:
 Venus.
   AISS-UFOB-98-56, Rome, NY, no investigation authorized, conclusion:
 aircraft.

 JAN ALDRICH